Navy Veteran Holida Named New Street Supervisor
Navy veteran Robert Holida, 29, was confirmed last night by City Commissioners as the new supervisor of streets and sewers. He succeeds Harry Helton, whose post was relinquished January 28, and takes effect March 1 with a starting salary of 370.40 per month, rising to 422.90. Holida, a former McGraw Construction foreman and Armco coke ovens worker now with a Dayton contracting firm, served in World War II, is married with one daughter, and will oversee multiple labor crews as the city updates its traffic and signal system. The board discussed traffic improvements, mail box location on Main Street, and a street one-way plan, with traffic department study promised.
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Robert Holida
Taylor Ave
Holida
Harry Helton
Marwood Rupp
Holda
Dayton
Honda
McGraw Construction Co
McGraw
Armco Steel Corp
Mana
Howard H. Kramer
Holt
Ross A. Hill
Kramer
Charles Stiles
Main Street
1St Avenue
Main
1St
Stiles
Journal
Ihs
Leave Town Judge Orders Three Men to Leave
Three men arrested on trespass ing and intoxication charges at the New York Central Railroad train men's building on Shafer Street were ordered out of town by Municipal Judge J. T. Lamb. Arnold Heaton, James Brown, and James Griffith were fined and jailed, with suspended sentences conditioned on leaving town. one assault charge was dismissed with a small fine, and another check charge was dropped at the complainant's request.
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New York Central Railroad
Shafer Street
J. T. Lamb
Arnold Heaton
James Brown
James Griffith
Ae Ee
Perry Neal
New York Central
James. E. Peebles
18Th Ave
Lamb
Foster Osborne
West Middletown
R. B. Royce
City approves land vacation and easement adjustments
Commissioners vote to vacate lands involved in the improvement project and redefine an easement held by New York Central Railroad. They filed construction insurance policies for McGraw Construction Co and for 77 Taxi Inc and Ortman-Stewart Transportation Co. City engineer to study resurfacing Aeronca Shuttle Streets and Stevens Avenue. A $12,000 fee prepared by Floyd G. Brown & Associates for sewer plans approved. Arlington Knolls First plat approved. petition on the plat received and filed.
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New York Central Railroad
McGraw Construction Co
Taxi, Inc
Ortman- Stewart Transportation Co
Aeronca
Stevens Avenue
Floyd G. Brown & Associates
Arlington Knolls
Sanderson
Cars Crash and Child Falls From Auto
A three year old girl was injured when she fell from a car that crashed into a parked auto in front of 502 Highland Street at 7 55 am. Deborah Williams 3 suffered a scalp contusion and body abrasions and was treated at Mid Eaton Hospital. Rosemary Williams 23 of 2400 Waneta Street drove south and lost control while trying to prevent the child from falling out. Damages were about 400 to the Williams car and 350 to Bergmann's auto.
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Highland St
Mideaton
Deborah Williams
Charles Willames
Waneta St
Rosemary Williams
Bergmann
Mighlend’ St
Williams
Six Break-Ins Over Two Days Net Thieves Several Keys
Thieves damaged six city businesses in the past two days, taking keys and causing window entries. targets included Amberg & Cohen Inc and City Fuel, with break ins at Middletown Ice and Coal and Oswald Service Station. Detectives reported key losses to a Coke machine and kerosene pump, while one store reported a broken glass and $38 field glasses stolen.
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Ralph Bauer
Investigeet
Amberg & Cohen, Inc
Girard Ave
City Fuel, Inc
Grand Ave
Middletown Ice and Coal Co
Curtis
Enviro Oe Bi & Cohen
Middletown
Oswald
Lawyers Plan Reception For Thurgood Marshall
Law leaders announce a reception for Thurgood Marshall during National Brotherhood Week at 7:30 p.m. Sunday at First Presbyterian Church. Judge Fred B. Cramer chairs the city Brotherhood Committee and said NAACP officials from Dayton and Cincinnati will attend. The event marks Marshall’s decades of civil rights work with NAACP as chief legal counsel, including key court victories against segregation and restrictive covenants. The planning groups are Council of Churches, REACE, and B nai B rith.
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Bar Assa
Marshall
Aker
National Brotherhood
Fred B. Cramer
Brotherhood
Bar Association
National Assn. For the Advancement of Colored People
Dayton
Cincinnati
Aheneke
U. S
NAACP
Cramer
Council of Churches
REACE
B'nai B'rith
Judge Cramer
Herbert E. Mitchell
E. W. Washington
J. E. Baltzell
Vance Cribb
Joseph Bayer
James Cottrell
James Lewis
Emmanuel Bennett
Robert Bender
Oliver Smith
Reuben Ae Henry Teasley
J. Perkins
Jerome
Cannibal Film Shown At Butler County Credit Union
A film about cannibals will be screened tonight at 8 p.m. in the Joe Brothers conference room for members of the Butler County Ohio Credit Union.
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Joe Brothers
Butler County
Ohio Credit Union
Ague
Freedom Tank Arrival Now Set Tomorrow
The Freedom Tank involving seven Czechs who toppled the iron curtain will arrive in Middletown tomorrow rather than Saturday due to a scheduling error by the state group. The wrecked British weapon carrier was rebuilt over three years by the Czechs and will be placed on the street in front of the CG&E building instead of its previous Broad Street location.
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Freedom
Middletown
J. D. Sawyer
Sawyer
Butler County
Freedom Crusade Campaign
Cg&e
N. Broad Street
Seven Mile Store Burns in Early Morning Fire
A fire at the James Weaver general store in Seven Mile destroyed groceries and merchandise valued at about 15000 dollars. Fire units from Seven Mile Somerville New Miami Overpeck View Heights and Williamsdale battled the blaze from 5:30 a.m. to about 7 a.m.
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Seven Mile
James Weaver
Somervile
New Miami
Overpeck
View Heights
Williamsdale
Utah Bordered by Five States Lacks Natural Boundaries
The state of Utah has no natural boundaries like rivers and is bordered by five states, notably Colorado Idaho Nevada and Wyoming.
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Utah
Colorado
Idaho
Nevada
Wyoming
Protests Over Teacher Pay Schedules At Middletown Meeting
Middletown school board fights a salary dispute raised by Missee Ann Brehany a corrective speech supervisor hired in 1947. Her private teaching experience contracted then is not counted under the new schedule effective Jan 1. Her attorney H O Finkelman argues the case could affect others and raise questions about contract terms and potential court action.
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Middletown High School
Ann Brehany
Miss Brehany
Middletown
Alarm Tugger Held Over Repeated False Alarms
Police detained a boy suspected of falsely pulling alarms to four times in four weeks. Last night at Shafer Street and Fleming Road he was seen turning in an alarm box used in January and February. The 8 10 p m call was turned over to Assistant Chief Robert Lukens for investigation.
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Shafer Street
Fleming Road
Asst
Robert Lukens
At The Movies Listings For Paramount and Strand
Paramount shows Phantom of Rue Morgue at 3 00, 6 20 and 9 30 p m while Ruby Gentry screens at Strand at 1 15, 4 05, 7 15 and 10 10 p m Doors open at 2 35, 5 35 and Vigilante Terror plays at 1 15, 4 20, 7 25 and 10 20 p m with Against All Flags at 2 45, 5 50 and 9 00 p m
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Paramount
Man
Hes Tree
Rue Morgue
Ruby Gentry
Sap Oes
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Wilam W Donhem
Superior Avenue
Arthur Sanderson
The
Middletown Red Cross
Colony
Red Cross
Ernest Hammons
J. W. Deininger
Dave Regan
Harold Calvin
Meisler
Ernest Streifthau Jr
Ernest's Hardware Co
Charles St
Thurgold Marshall
Duncan Hines
Murry's
Royal Crown
Julian Ann
Jo Ann
Dixie Peach
Pert
Toni
Glovers Mange Cure — Kills
Dandruff
Bordens
Meats Deckers
Decker
Dobrozsi
Garfield St
Lincoln-Mercury
Tytus Ave
Freedom Tank
Finkelman
Crawford ST
U.S
Central Ave
Beauty
Eccenter
Visualite
Broiler
Easy Credit
Middletown, Ohio
South Broad ST
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